Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Appearance
SAG Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture | |
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![]() The 2022 recipient: Michelle Yeoh | |
Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Presented by | SAG-AFTRA |
First awarded | Jodie Foster for Nell (1994) |
Currently held by | Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) |
Website | sagawards.org |
The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film.
Winners and nominees
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Jodie_Foster_C%C3%A9sars_2011_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-Jodie_Foster_C%C3%A9sars_2011_2_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![Photo of Susan Sarandon in 2016.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Susan_Sarandon_at_the_set_of_%27American_Mirror%27_cropped_and_edited.jpg/110px-Susan_Sarandon_at_the_set_of_%27American_Mirror%27_cropped_and_edited.jpg)
![Photo of Frances McDormand at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2015.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Frances_McDormand_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-Frances_McDormand_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![Photo of Gwyneth Paltrow at the French premiere of "Iron Man 3" in 2013.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Gwyneth_Paltrow_avp_Iron_Man_3_Paris.jpg/110px-Gwyneth_Paltrow_avp_Iron_Man_3_Paris.jpg)
![Photo of Annette Bening at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/AnnetteBeningSept2013TIFF.jpg/110px-AnnetteBeningSept2013TIFF.jpg)
![Photo of Julia Roberts at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Julia_Roberts_%2843838880775%29.jpg/110px-Julia_Roberts_%2843838880775%29.jpg)
![Photo of Halle Berry at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2017.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Halle_Berry_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/110px-Halle_Berry_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg)
![Photo of Renée Zellweger at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2010.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Ren%C3%A9e_Zellweger_at_the_2019_TIFF_premiere_of_Judy_%2848816507828%29.jpg/110px-Ren%C3%A9e_Zellweger_at_the_2019_TIFF_premiere_of_Judy_%2848816507828%29.jpg)
![Photo of Charlize Theron at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Charlize-theron-IMG_6045.jpg/110px-Charlize-theron-IMG_6045.jpg)
![Photo of Hilary Swank at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Hilary_Swank_at_28th_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival.jpg/110px-Hilary_Swank_at_28th_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival.jpg)
![Photo of Reese Witherspoon at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Reese_Witherspoon_at_TIFF_2014.jpg/110px-Reese_Witherspoon_at_TIFF_2014.jpg)
![Photo of Helen Mirren at the 17th British Independent Film Awards in 2014.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Helen_Mirren_2014.jpg/110px-Helen_Mirren_2014.jpg)
![Photo of Julie Christie in 1966.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Julie_Christie_%281997%29_%282%29.jpg/110px-Julie_Christie_%281997%29_%282%29.jpg)
![Photo of Meryl Streep circa 1976 to 1979.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Meryl_Streep_December_2018.jpg/110px-Meryl_Streep_December_2018.jpg)
![Photo of Sandra Bullock at the Australian premiere of The Heat in 2013.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Sandra_Bullock_%289189702847%29.jpg/110px-Sandra_Bullock_%289189702847%29.jpg)
![Photo of Natalie Portman at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Natalie_Portman_Cannes_2015_5_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-Natalie_Portman_Cannes_2015_5_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![Photo of Viola Davis at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2016.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/SDCC_2015_-_David_Ayer_%26_Viola_Davis_%2819521093010%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-SDCC_2015_-_David_Ayer_%26_Viola_Davis_%2819521093010%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![Photo of Jennifer Lawrence at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2015.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Jennifer_Lawrence_SDCC_2015_X-Men.jpg/110px-Jennifer_Lawrence_SDCC_2015_X-Men.jpg)
![Photo of Cate Blanchett at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Cate_Blanchett_Cannes_2018_2_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/110px-Cate_Blanchett_Cannes_2018_2_%28cropped_2%29.jpg)
![Photo of Julianne Moore at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Julianne_Moore_Cannes_2018_%28tweaked%29.jpg/110px-Julianne_Moore_Cannes_2018_%28tweaked%29.jpg)
![Photo of Brie Larson at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2016.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Brie_Larson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/110px-Brie_Larson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
![Photo of Emma Stone at the Mill Valley Film Festival in 2016.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Emma_Stone_%2830498079137%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-Emma_Stone_%2830498079137%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Glenn_Close_-_Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_premiere_-_July_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-Glenn_Close_-_Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_premiere_-_July_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![Photo of Jessica Chastain at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/SDCC_2015_-_Jessica_Chastain_%2819111308673%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-SDCC_2015_-_Jessica_Chastain_%2819111308673%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Legend:
- indicates the winner.
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Nominee | Film | Role(s) |
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2020 | Viola Davis | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey |
Amy Adams | Hillbilly Elegy | Beverly "Bev" Vance | |
Vanessa Kirby | Pieces of a Woman | Martha Weiss | |
Frances McDormand | Nomadland | Fern | |
Carey Mulligan | Promising Young Woman | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas | |
2021 | Jessica Chastain | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Tammy Faye Bakker |
Olivia Colman | The Lost Daughter | Leda Caruso | |
Jennifer Hudson | Respect | Aretha Franklin | |
Lady Gaga | House of Gucci | Patrizia Reggiani | |
Nicole Kidman | Being the Ricardos | Lucille Ball | |
2022 | |||
Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Evelyn Quan Wang | |
Cate Blanchett | Tár | Lydia Tár | |
Viola Davis | The Woman King | General Nanisca | |
Ana de Armas | Blonde | Norma Jeane Mortenson / Marilyn Monroe | |
Danielle Deadwyler | Till | Mamie Till | |
2023 | |||
Annette Bening | Nyad | Diana Nyad | |
Lily Gladstone | Killers of the Flower Moon | Mollie Burkhart | |
Carey Mulligan | Maestro | Felicia Montealegre | |
Margot Robbie | Barbie | Barbie | |
Emma Stone | Poor Things | Bella Baxter |
Superlatives
Multiple winners
- 2 wins
- Viola Davis (The Help (2011), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020))
- Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017))
- Renée Zellweger (Chicago (2002), Judy (2019))
Multiple nominees
Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.
- Two nominations
- Amy Adams (Arrival (2016), Hillbilly Elegy (2020))
- Joan Allen (Nixon (1995), The Contender (2000))
- Emily Blunt (The Girl On The Train (2016), Mary Poppins Returns (2018))
- Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side (2009), Gravity (2013))
- Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021))
- Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs (2011), The Wife (2018))
- Olivia Colman (The Favourite (2018), The Lost Daughter (2021))
- Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose (2007), Rust and Bone (2012))
- Lady Gaga (A Star is Born (2018), House of Gucci (2021))
- Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart (2007), Changeling (2008))
- Diane Keaton (Marvin's Room (1996), Something's Gotta Give (2003))
- Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone (2010), Silver Linings Playbook (2012))
- Natalie Portman (Black Swan (2010), Jackie (2016))
- Margot Robbie (I, Tonya (2017), Barbie (2023))
- Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn (2015), Lady Bird (2017))
- Susan Sarandon (The Client (1994), Dead Man Walking (1995))
- Emma Stone (La La Land (2016), Poor Things (2023))
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility (1995), Saving Mr. Banks (2013))
- Naomi Watts (21 Grams (2003), The Impossible (2012))
- Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line (2005), Wild (2014))
- Three nominations
- Viola Davis (The Help (2011), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), The Woman King (2022))
- Nicole Kidman (The Hours (2002), Rabbit Hole (2010), Being the Ricardos (2021))
- Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Nomadland (2020))
- Julianne Moore (The End of the Affair (1999), Far from Heaven (2002), Still Alice (2014))
- Carey Mulligan (An Education (2009), Promising Young Woman (2020), Maestro (2023))
- Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry (1999), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Conviction (2010))
- Charlize Theron (Monster (2003), North Country (2005), Bombshell (2019))
- Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Chicago (2002), Judy (2019))
- Four nominations
- Annette Bening (American Beauty (1999), Being Julia (2004), The Kids Are All Right (2010), Nyad (2023))
- Helen Mirren (The Queen (2006), The Last Station (2009), Hitchcock (2012), Woman in Gold (2015))
- Kate Winslet (Titanic (1997), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008))
- Five nominations
- Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth (1998), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Blue Jasmine (2013), Carol (2015), Tár (2022))
- Six nominations
- Judi Dench (Mrs Brown (1997), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Philomena (2013), Victoria & Abdul (2017))
- Ten nominations
- Meryl Streep (The River Wild (1994), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), One True Thing (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Doubt (2008), Julie & Julia (2009), The Iron Lady (2011), August: Osage County (2013), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016))
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical